The Republican candidates for Illinois governor met before the Chicago Tribune editorial board Monday for their only joint-appearance of the primary campaign.
Governor Bruce Rauner called Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan a crook when the editorial board asked about his inability to build a relationship.
RAUNER: What hurts all of us is to take the focus away from Madigan and his network of corruption.
Rauner’s primary challenger - State Representative Jeanne Ives responded by calling Rauner’s tenure as governor “embarrassing.”
IVES: He’s not in charge. He hasn’t led like he’s ever been in charge. He’s been a hands-off governor.
Ives says the Republican primary should be about what Rauner has accomplished while in office, which she contends is nothing.